6.24.2004
Vanishing
Just made reservations for the play I've been waiting to see for the last 9 months. Wow, I'm kind of fulfilling a lot of plans lately. Anyway, looking forward to staying in Tokyo. Was planning on going alone but managed to talk Miss Marni the Unassailable Aussie into coming along even though the show is in Japanese. We're going to read (or re-read) the short stories it's based on on the Shinkansen.
Should probably take the night bus but time is money and have you ever slept on one of those things? If I'm traveling by night I want it to be on the top bunk of a night train through India while clinging to my bag in fear. Besides, there's nothing quite as cool as taking the Shinkansen past Fuji-san. I'm tempted to make a thermos of Bloody Marys since we'll be on vacation (um...when am I not on vacation...)
Accommodations on the other hand come in two varieties: the cheap ryokan and the cheap hostel. Nice ryokans are nice, but my requirements at the moment are proximity to nightlife and no curfew. A bath, even a crummy one, would round out the picture but it's not a necessity. I can go to onsens in Kansai. We may even opt for a hostel, just need somewhere to flop.
We're planning to meet up with Asuka's paramour who's a chef-restaurant-guy and if he ever calls me back Travis (does he ever call anyone back, no). Apparently Travis knows an erotica-themed Izakaya (uh...restaurant) of the S&M variety, not woodblock prints (although there is supposedly a cool one of those in Kyoto too). Zippy.
Should probably take the night bus but time is money and have you ever slept on one of those things? If I'm traveling by night I want it to be on the top bunk of a night train through India while clinging to my bag in fear. Besides, there's nothing quite as cool as taking the Shinkansen past Fuji-san. I'm tempted to make a thermos of Bloody Marys since we'll be on vacation (um...when am I not on vacation...)
Accommodations on the other hand come in two varieties: the cheap ryokan and the cheap hostel. Nice ryokans are nice, but my requirements at the moment are proximity to nightlife and no curfew. A bath, even a crummy one, would round out the picture but it's not a necessity. I can go to onsens in Kansai. We may even opt for a hostel, just need somewhere to flop.
We're planning to meet up with Asuka's paramour who's a chef-restaurant-guy and if he ever calls me back Travis (does he ever call anyone back, no). Apparently Travis knows an erotica-themed Izakaya (uh...restaurant) of the S&M variety, not woodblock prints (although there is supposedly a cool one of those in Kyoto too). Zippy.
